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Joseph of Anchieta, a Common card
José de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo, SJ was a Spanish missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in the second half of the 16th century.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 144
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 144 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Joseph of Anchieta quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Joseph of Anchieta card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Anchieta took part in the religious instruction, evangelization, and conversion to the Catholic faith of the ______ population.
Answer
Indigenous. Anchieta took part in the religious instruction, evangelization, and conversion to the Catholic faith of the Indigenous population. From the Joseph of Anchieta article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Charles H. Townes. Charles H. Townes 25,000 · Hélène Carrère d'Encausse 20,000 · Joseph of Anchieta 14,000 · Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat 11,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A highly influential figure in Brazil's history in the first century after its European discovery, Anchieta was one of the founders of São Paulo in 1554 and of Rio de Janeiro in 1565.
- He is the first playwright, the first grammarian and the first poet born in the Canary Islands, and is considered the father of Brazilian literature.
- Anchieta took part in the religious instruction, evangelization, and conversion to the Catholic faith of the Indigenous population.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Joseph of Anchieta article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Joseph of Anchieta
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Joseph of Anchieta (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Benedito Calixto, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
